Month May 2008

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More on KB

Just received these helpful additions to my earlier post on Barth from an interested reader: Here are some things that would make my reasons-for-Barth list: •  Barth is more than a sparring partner, he seemed to be deeplydevoted to the…

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More on KB

Just received these helpful additions to my earlier post on Barth from an interested reader: Here are some things that would make my reasons-for-Barth list: •  Barth is more than a sparring partner, he seemed to be deeplydevoted to the…

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Barth

Mulling over Del’s sharp question about what can be learned from Barth, beyond the abandonment of inerrancy, I’d like to suggest the following: 1. Barth was a great mind.  Reading the works of a great mind is never a waste…

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Barth

Mulling over Del’s sharp question about what can be learned from Barth, beyond the abandonment of inerrancy, I’d like to suggest the following: 1. Barth was a great mind.  Reading the works of a great mind is never a waste…

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Three Faithful Preachers

I am also reading The Faithful Preacher this week, a book by Thabiti Anyabwile that presents selections from Lemuel Haynes, Daniel Payne, and Francis Grimke, three African-American pastors from the Reformed tradition.  The African American church generally is not associated…

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Competing Claims

In my morning worship, I’ve also been reading sections of Isaiah. One thing that struck me were the competing claims represented in Isaiah 46 and 47. In Isaiah 46, God clearly stakes his claim to absolute sovereign rights: “for I…

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The Jesus Gospel

With a road trip this week, I have finally had the opportunity to read The Jesus Gospel by my friend Liam Goligher, who preaches at the historical Duke Street Richmond Church in London.  Liam wrote this book out of a…

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Warfield on Division

Here’s an interesting piece sent to me by friend of Ref21, Fred Zaspel: Warfield on Separation:   Observing the stir ofdivision caused by the entrance of unbelief in African Anglicanism, Warfieldwrites:   It maysound well to bewail the reproduction in…

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Warfield on Division

Here’s an interesting piece sent to me by friend of Ref21, Fred Zaspel: Warfield on Separation:   Observing the stir ofdivision caused by the entrance of unbelief in African Anglicanism, Warfieldwrites:   It maysound well to bewail the reproduction in…

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Make that a Doppio

Connection Metro Church, Denver, which used its foyer coffee bars to attract visitors to its eight satellite churches in the Denver area, has decided to abandon ministry altogether to focus on coffee.    “People liked the coffee a lot better than…